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Game 20
2023 SCHEDULE 11/03 11/04 11/07 11/11 11/15 11/18 11/21 11/29 12/02 12/06 12/09 12/18 1/06 1/10 1/14 1/17 1/20 1/24 1/27 1/31 2/03 2/07 2/10 2/14 2/17 2/21 2/24
at Kansas Wesleyan W 75-74 vs Bethany (Salina, Kan.) W 71-48 at (RV) Grand View L 72-58 Benedictine W 73-58 at (11) Concordia* L 86-62 Mount Marty* W 103-59 (2) Dordt* L 90-52 (9) Briar Cliff* L 84-69 at College of Saint Mary* W 94-66 at Jamestown* W 77-70 Midland* W 70-54 at (13) Dakota State L 69-60 at Hastings* L 76-51 at Dakota Wesleyan* L 70-65 Doane* W 75-61 (RV) Northwestern* W 62-52 at Midland* W 76-68 Jamestown* L 80-74 College of Saint Mary* W 85-62 (8) Concordia* 6 p.m. at Mount Marty* 2 p.m. at Dordt* 6 p.m. Hastings* 2 p.m. Dakota Wesleyan*! 6 p.m. at Doane* 2 p.m. at Northwestern* 6 p.m. at Briar Cliff* 2 p.m.
* Great Plains Athletic Conference Game ! Senior Day
AROUND THE GPAC Wednesday, Jan. 31 Dordt at Mount Marty College of Saint Mary at Northwestern Midland at Briar Cliff Friday, Feb. 2 Jamestown at Doane Dakota Wesleyan at Hastings Saturday, Feb. 3 Jamestown at Hastings Dakota Wesleyan at Doane Briar Cliff at College of Saint Mary Dordt at Midland Northwestern at Concordia
6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
Jan. 31, 2024
Morningside vs No. 8 Concordia
Where: Allee Gym, Rosen Verdoon Sports Center, Sioux City, Iowa When: 6 p.m. Watch: msidemustangs.com/ gameday/allee-gym-video-stream
2023 record: 11-8 (8-6) Head coach: Jamie Sale (University of Nebraska, 1995) • Sale is in his 23rd season as the head coach of the Mustangs.
Mustangs 71.2 16.5 38.9 2.1 12.3 41.7% 71.5% 29.6%
2023 Record: 17-2 (11-2) Series Notes Morningside is 27-21 against Head Coach: Drew Olson the Bulldogs since Jamie Sale (Concordia) became the head coach of the Mustangs. • Olson is in his 18th Morningside has a 6-4 record season as the head coach of the Bulldogs. against the Bulldogs in the last 10 games.
Stat Breakdown Category
Points Per Game Assists Per Game Rebounds Per Game Blocks Per Game Steals Per Game Field Goal Percentage Free Throw Percentage Three-Point FG Percentage
Quick Facts Morningside scored 46 bench points in an 85-62 win over College of Saint Mary Saturday afternoon. Wednesday’s showdown for the Mustangs is the fifth time Morningside has faced a Top 25 opponent this season. With eight games to play in the regular season, Morningside is tied with four other teams for fourth in the GPAC with an 8-6 record. Concordia is undefeated in 2024, winning eight games since the calendar turned to January. Morningside has scored above their season average of 71.2 points per game in three straight games, averaging 79.67 points per game in the last three games.
Bulldogs 81.0 16.5 35.5 2.1 14.3 43.5% 77.8% 31.6%
NAIA Top-15 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Dordt (Iowa) Indiana Wesleyan Campbellsville (Ky.) Clarke (Iowa) Marian (Ind.) Carroll (Mont.) Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Concordia (Neb.) Georgetown (Ky.) Briar Cliff Dakota State Vanguard (Calif.) Mayville State Cumberlands (Ky.) Loyola (La.)
2023 Game Notes
Head Coach: Jamie Sale (23rd season) In more than two decades at Morningside, Sale has established himself as one of the elite coaches in the nation while raising the Mustangs’ women’s basketball program to national prominence. Sale, the fifth active National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ head coach to reach 600 total victories is the winningest women’s basketball coach in Morningside history. He has also established his teams as perennial contenders for a national title, with the majority of his season’s concluding at the NAIA national championships. Sale was named the NAIA Division II National Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2009, and 2015 after he guided the Mustangs to NAIA II National Championships in each of those seasons. His 2008-09 team finished with a perfect record of 38-0 to become only the second team in history to capture the NAIA Division II crown with an undefeated record after they defeated Hastings College 68-63 in the National Championship Game.
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Roster/Coaches
2023-24 NUMERICAL ROSTER
# NAME 4 Megan Callahan 5 Tenley Rasmussen 10 Chaise Pfanstiel 11 Olivia Larsen 12 Jordyn Carr 13 Ella Wragge 14 Jaeden Webb 15 Lauren Hedlund 21 Jaeden Ferris 23 Baylie Girres 24 Tonja Heirigs 25 Kinsey Hall 30 Alexis Spier 32 Dani Peterson 33 Lily Vollertsen 34 Samantha Michaelsen 35 Mya Moss 40 Sam Ehlers 44 Chloe Lofstrom 45 Eneyda Vazquez
POS. G G G G G F G G G F G F G F C G F F F G
YR. SO FR SR SR SO SO FR SR FR SO FR SO SR SO SO FR FR FR SR SO
HT. 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-10 6-2 5-6 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-7
HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL Sioux City, Iowa East Thedford, Neb. Thedford Omaha, Neb. Millard West Fonda, Iowa Newell-Fonda Allen, Neb. Allen Crofton, Neb. Crofton Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Northeast Albion, Neb. Boone Central Sloan, Iowa Westwood Council Bluffs, Iowa Abraham Lincoln North Platte, Neb. North Platte St. Patrick’s Laurel, Neb. Laurel-Concord Gretna, Neb. Gretna Omaha, Neb. Bellevue West Syracuse, Neb. Syracuse Fort Collins, Colo. Liberty Common Logan, Iowa Logan-Magnolia Ponca, Neb. Ponca Armstrong, Iowa North Union Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City West
Pronunciation Guide First Chaise Ella Baylie Tonja
Last Pfanstiel Wragge Girres Heirigs
Pronunciation Fan-steel Rah-gee Gears Tahn-yuh Hi-rigs
First Sam Chloe Eneyda
Last Ehlers Lofstrom Vazquez
Pronunciation Ay-lers Lahf-strum En-ay-duh Vaz-kwez
Sale was named the seventh head coach in the history of Morningside’s women’s basketball program on March 26, 2001.
Sale vs. the GPAC Briar Cliff.................... 42-7 .857 Concordia.................. 27-21 .563 College of St. Mary... 21-0 1.00 Dakota Wesleyan..... 32-13 .711 Doane.......................... 34-5 .872 Dordt........................... 38-7 .844 Hastings.................... 28-17 .622 Jamestown................ 12-7 .632 Midland....................... 29-5 .853 Mount Marty............... 35-6 .854 Northwestern........... 35-22 .614
Coaching Staff Faith Troshynski Assistant Coach (1st season) Jordyn Wollenburg Assistant Coach (5th season) Bryan Alfredson Assistant Coach (4th season) Madison Craighead Student Assistant 2023 Game Notes
Mustang Leaders POINTS
ASSISTS
263 REBOUNDS
As of 1/30/24
Alexis Spier SR/G Gretna, Neb. Gretna H.S.
Alexis Spier SR/G Gretna, Neb. Gretna H.S.
50 STEALS
Chloe Lofstrom SR/F Armstrong, Iowa North Union
116
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Alexis Spier SR/G Gretna, Neb. Gretna H.S.
49
Dordt.......................... 13-0 Concordia.................. 11-2 Dakota Wesleyan..... 10-4 Doane........................... 8-6 Briar Cliff..................... 8-6 Northwestern............. 8-6 Morningside................ 8-6 Jamestown................. 8-6 Hastings...................... 6-8 Midland...................... 2-12 Mount Marty.............. 1-13 College of St. Mary.. 0-14 @MsideMustangs
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Head Coach: Drew Olson (18th season) Drew Olson realized a career long goal on March 12, 2019, when the Concordia University women’s basketball team celebrated the program’s first ever national title. Olson completed his 17th year as the program’s head coach in 2022-23. The program’s all-time winningest coach (443-133), Olson guided the Bulldogs to their first-ever national title game appearance in 2015. They reached the same stage again in 2018 and 2019. The 2019-20 team had garnered the No. 1 overall seed at the 2020 national tournament that was canceled before the first round was finished. Over the past 12 seasons, Olson has directed his teams to a combined 12 GPAC titles (tournament and regular season), 12 national tournament trips, and five national semifinal appearances.
Coaching Staff Tae’lor Purdy-Korell Emmiley Hendrixson
Assistant Coach Graduate Assistant
Opponent Roster/Coaches
2023-24 CONCORDIA ROSTER # NAME 00 Mackenzie Toomey 2 Reece Snodgrass 4 Taysha Rushton 10 Megan Belt 11 Bree Bunting 12 Hanna Spearman 13 Abby Heemstra 14 Sammy Leu 22 Joclyn Bassett 23 Abby Krieser 32 Kendal Brigham 33 Juliana Jones 34 Raelyn Kelty 35 Sadie Powell 44 Kristin Vieselmeyer
First Last Mackenzie Toomey Sammy Leu Abby Krieser
POS. G G G G G G F G G G G F F F F
HT. 5-9 5-6 5-5 5-4 5-8 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-1
YR. JR JR JR SO FR JR JR FR FR JR JR FR FR JR SO
HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Southeast HS West Point, Neb. West Point Beemer HS Midland, Texas Monterey HS Papillion, Neb. Millard South HS Kersery, Colo. Platte Valley HS Gretna, Neb. Gretna HS Rock Valley, Iowa Rock Valley HS Lincoln, Neb. Wahoo HS Parker, Colo. Lutheran HS Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln North Star HS Wahoo, Neb. Wahoo HS Omaha, Neb. Millard South HS Kiowa, Colo. Lutheran HS Cedar Rapids, Iowa John F. Kennedy HS Holyoke, Colo. Holyoke HS
Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation First TWO-me Raelyn LEW Kristin KREEZE-er
Last Kelty Vieselmeyer
Pronunciation RAE-Lynn VEESE-uhl-meyer
2023 Game Notes
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Season Stats ## 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 23 24 25 30 32 33 40 44
PLAYER Megan Callahan Chaise Pfanstiel Olivia Larsen Jordyn Carr Ella Wragge Jaeden Webb Lauren Hedlund Baylie Girres Tonja Heirigs Kinsey Hall Alexis Spier Dani Peterson Lily Vollertsen Sam Ehlers Chloe Lofstrom
GS-GP MIN FG 8-0 57 5-15 19-8 354 42-117 19-5 371 17-55 19-14 322 29-92 19-19 427 40-89 18-11 317 48-125 19-0 226 17-54 15-0 140 13-31 9-0 77 11-33 7-0 52 3-11 19-19 544 94-221 7-0 40 5-10 19-0 286 69-147 14-0 130 17-36 19-19 435 78-130
FG% 3PT 0.333 1-6 0.359 19-67 0.309 0-3 0.315 4-32 0.449 3-24 0.384 23-72 0.315 2-14 0.419 1-5 0.333 4-20 0.273 0-3 0.425 48-123 0.5 0-1 0.469 12-30 0.472 2-6 0.6 4-8
3PT% 0.167 0.284 0 0.125 0.125 0.319 0.143 0.2 0.2 0 0.39 0 0.4 0.333 0.5
FT 7-10 13-14 22-37 18-36 7-10 21-27 27-32 3-6 2-4 0-0 27-36 0-0 48-58 9-15 46-64
Stats/Records
FT% 0.7 0.929 0.595 0.5 0.7 0.778 0.844 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.828 0.6 0.719
ORB 3 7 25 11 16 7 18 9 9 1 12 2 36 12 40
DRB 5 32 33 31 59 16 25 20 4 11 83 11 44 16 76
REB 8 39 58 42 75 23 43 29 13 12 95 13 80 28 116
A BLK 4 0 47 2 42 0 42 0 30 6 14 3 11 1 6 1 4 0 6 1 50 5 1 0 12 14 13 1 31 5
STL 5 18 46 24 16 20 5 5 4 5 49 3 13 7 14
PTS 18 116 56 80 90 140 63 30 28 6 263 10 198 45 206
Mustang Single Game Records Single Game Individual Records Points t-1. Brittany Carper t-1. Sierra Mitchell 3. Amy Wilhelm 4. Amy Wilhelm t-5. Brittany Carper t-5. Madison Braun
1.000 .875 .857 .800 .778
2004 2021 1985 Free throws made 1987 1. Trish Martin 2004 2. Brittany Carper 2018 t-3. Brittany Carper t-3. Brittany Carper 5. Paula Hunter
18 16 15 15 15
1985 Free throws attempted 2004 25 2021 1. Trish Martin 20 2022 t-2. Brittany Carper 20 2010 t-2. Brittany Carper t-2. Brittany Carper 20 t-5. Beth Giesen 19 19 2010 t-5. Jessica Tietz 2004 2021 Most rebounds 2004 1. Trish Martin 25 2004 2. Paula Hunter 22 2002 t-3. Ashlynn Muhl 20 2010 t-3. Trish Martin 20 t-5. Three times 19
Field Goals Attempted 1. Tanaeya Worden 2. Brittany Carper 3. Sierra Mitchell 4. Brittany Carper t-5. Brittany Carper t-5. Brittany Carper t-5. Tanaeya Worden
1. Beth Watson 2. Madison Braun 3. Madison Braun 4. Katie Lokken 5. J.J. Hall
45 45 44 43 38 38
Field Goals Made 1. Amy Wilhelm 2. Brittany Carper t-3. Sierra Mitchell t-3. Sierra Mitchell t-3. Tanaeya Worden
3-point FG percentage (Min. 6)
33 29 28 27 25 25 25
19 18 17 17 15
Field Goal Percentage (MIN 8 made) t-1. Autumn Bartel t-1. Sophia Peppers t-1. Vicki Rahbusch t-4. Leslie Foral t-4. Megan Cloud
1.000 (8-8) 2009 Most assists 1.000 (8-8) 2020 1. Brittany Carper 1.000 (8-8) 1988 t-2. Seven times .909 (10-11) 2008 .909 (10-11) 2004
Most steals
3-point field goals made t-1. Laura Nelson t-1. Sierra Mitchell t-3. Kate Lokken t-3. Sierra Mitchell t-5. Eight times
10 10 9 9 8
2008 2018 2003 2021
20 20 19 18 17
1. Danika Okerstrom 2. TEAM t-3. Brittany Carper t-4. Five times
2021 2008 2009 2018
13 11 10 9
Most blocked shots 1. Paula Hunter t-2. Five times
3-point field goals attempted t-1. Sierra Mitchell t-1. Laura Nelson 3. Laura Nelson 4. Sierra Mitchell 5. Six times
13 12
8 5
3. vs Mount Marty .625 (15-24) 2020 Single Game Team 4. vs Mount Mercy .619 (13-21) 2004 2005 Records t-5. vs Viterbo .600 (12-20) 2012 2016 t-5. vs Mount Marty .600 (12-20) 2003 2016 Points 2002 1. vs. Westmar 134 1987 2006 2. vs. Johnson & Wales 127 2006 3. at Johnson & Wales 120 2005 Free throws made t-4. vs. Northwestern (Iowa) 119 2004 1. vs Northwestern 36 2004 119 1986 t-2. vs Dakota Wesleyan 32 2005 1998 t-4. vs. Nebraska Wesleyan t-2. vs. Davenport 32 2009 2004 4. vs. Bemidji State 31 1998 2003 Field goals made 30 2015 2004 1. vs Olivet Nazarene 46 2005 5. at Concordia 1988 2. vs Peru State 45 2015 t-3. vs. Johnson & Wales 43 2006 Free throws attempted t-3. at St. Cloud State 43 1999 1. vs. Bemidji State 46 1998 42 2010 t-2. vs. Northwestern 41 2004 1998 t-5. Mayville State 42 2008 t-2. at Concordia 41 2015 2004 t-5. at Dana t-2. vs. Berea 41 2008 2003 5. at Johnson & Wales 40 2005 2004 Field goals attempted 2000 1. vs Si-Tanka Huron 93 2003 2016 2. vs Olivet Nazarene 92 2005 Most rebounds 3. at Graceland 89 2019 1. vs Berea 69 2008 4. at Doane 88 2019 2. vs Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 66 2016 87 2023 3. vs Bemidji State 62 2000 2000 5. at College of Saint Mary 4. vs Augustana 60 1998 1988 t-5. vs UC-Merced 59 2016 2013 Field goal percentage (20 made) 59 2016 2000 1. at Midland .655 (38-58) 2022 t-5. vs Briar Cliff 2. vs Nebraska Wesleyan .642 (34-53) 2009 3. vs Dakota Wesleyan .627 (32-51) 2005 Most assists 4. vs Mount Marty .609 (39-64) 2020 1. vs Doane 32 2022 .600 (39-65) 2022 2. vs Dakota State 31 2019 2003 5. vs Iowa Wesleyan t-3. vs Johnson & Wales 30 2006 t-3. vs Doane 30 2008 3-point field goals made 29 t-1. vs Dakota State 21 2019 t-5. Seven times 21 2018 2001 t-1. vs John Brown 21 2013 Most steals 2021 t-1. Nebraska Wesleyan 19 2022 1. vs Dana 31 2005 2003 t-4. vs Doane t-4. at Buena Vista 19 2017 t-2. vs Dana 29 2004 t-4. vs Doane 19 2008 t-2. vs St Mary (Neb.) 29 2019 t-2. vs Goldey-Beacom 29 2003 t-2. at Dana 20 2008 3-point field goals attempted 1988 t-1. vs Dakota State 43 2019 t-1. vs Doane 43 2008 Most blocked shots 3. Valley City State 42 2019 1. vs Doane 10 2015 t-4. Four times 41 t-2. at Dakota Wesleyan 9 2019 t-2. at Dakota Wesleyan 9 2016 t-2. at Doane 9 2019 3-point FG percentage (10 made) 8 2018 1. vs Nebraska Wesleyan .667 (12-18) 2018 5. vs Midland 2. vs Nebraska Wesleyan .630 (17-27) 2009